Meaning

16 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of returning.

    I expect the house to be spotless upon my return.

    Rückkehr, Rückgabe

    возвраще́ниеvozvraščénije, возвра́тvozvrát

    пове́рненняpovérnennja, пове́рненняpovérnennja

    the act of someone appearing again

  2. (countable, uncountable)A return ticket.

    Do you want a one-way or a return?

  3. (countable, uncountable)An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.

    возвра́тvozvrát

  4. (countable, uncountable)An answer.

    a return to one’s question

  5. (countable, uncountable)An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.

    election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold

    Bericht, Wahlbericht

  6. (countable, uncountable)Gain or loss from an investment.

    It yielded a return of 5%.

    отда́чаotdáča

  7. (countable, uncountable)A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return.

    Hand in your return within 90 days of the end of the tax year.

    возвра́тvozvrát

  8. (countable, uncountable)A carriage return character.

    возвра́т кареткиvozvrát karetki, возвра́тvozvrát

    the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

  9. (countable, uncountable)The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.

    возвра́тvozvrát

  10. (countable, uncountable)A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.

  11. (countable, uncountable)A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant).

    The boiler technician had to cut out the heating return to access the safety valve.

  12. (countable, uncountable)A roadway along which foul air travels from the face on its way out of the mine.

Examples

3084 sentences
  1. He returned to his native village.

    Він повернувся до рідного села. — deniko

    ruОн вернулся в родную деревню. — fjay69

  2. She will return within an hour.

    Вона повернеться на протязі години. — deniko

    ruОна вернется в течение часа. — sharptoothed

  3. Tom returned the keys to Mary.

    Том повернув ключі Мері. — deniko

    ruТом вернул ключи Мэри. — odexed

    deTom gab Maria die Schlüssel wieder. — raggione

  4. Don't forget to return my pen.

    Не забудь повернути мені ручку. — older

    ruНе забудь вернуть мою ручку. — odexed

  5. I've just returned from a trip.

    Я щойно повернувся з подорожі. — deniko

    ruЯ только что вернулся из поездки. — marafon

    deIch bin gerade von einer Reise zurückgekehrt. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of returning:
Русский
By meaning 3
act of returning:
finance: gain or loss from an investment:
computing: carriage return character:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
act of returning:
act of returning an item:
formal report, set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information:

Origin

From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retour

From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retourner, retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from re- + tornare (“to turn”). By surface analysis, re- + turn. Compare beturn. Displaced native Old English eftċierran, literally "eft-char".

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Forms

plural: returns
Singularreturn
Pluralreturns

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
the act of returning:gaincoming
Close in meaning
  • a coming to or returning home:homecoming
  • a reciprocal group action:paying backgetting even
  • the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction:coming back
  • the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property:issuetaketakingsproceedsyieldpayoff
  • the act of someone appearing again:reappearance
  • getting something back again:restitutionrestorationregaining

Word family

53 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • return home
  • to return to
  • return the book
  • just returned from
  • return my calls
  • want to return
  • plan to return
  • return this book
  • has just returned
  • to return home
  • return to your
  • return on october

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
return — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto